Corn-husking machine.



No.-879,538. .IIATENTED PEB. 18,1908.

I c. GORMLEY. I w

00m: HUSKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 15.1907.-

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HBY W. I:

A/Iorm s,

i P AfiNTED P133413, 1908.

O..GORMLEY. GORN'HUSKING MAGHINPL' APPLICATION FILED Ai n.15.1907.

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CHARLES GORMLEY, or MOUNT MORRIS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO JOHN C.

WINTERS AND JOHN w. PROPHET, OF MOUNT MORRIS, NEW YORK.

coaN-HnsxING MACHINE.

and state of New York, have'finvented. or

discoveredcertain new and useful Improvements inlCorn-Husking Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being therein to. the accompanying draw.

invention relatesi to machines for husking ears of corn and has for its ob'ectto provide a machine for this purpose w ich is simple in constructionand efficient in operationyand in which the husks are stripped fro'm'the ears of corn in. a rapid and positive -manner, and without damaging the corn.

The improved machine comprises means whereby 'unhusked ears of corn are caused to be conveyed to a knife or in which willflsplit the husks at the apexes o .the ears, and from which knife or pin the split husks are carried. to stripping r0 lers at each side of. the machine, and which stripping rollers will tear off the'husks from the -'ea7rs which will then be discharged from the machine, either into a suitable receptacle or to a con veyer which will carry them away.

ii the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the lmproverlimaizhine, Fig. 2 a side viewvand Fig. 3 a rear end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4 4,- Fig. 2, and Fig.5 a transverse section on line 5-5, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of'the arrows adjacent said lines in each instance. Fig. 6 is a detail-view of thes litting in and grooved guides, and Fig. 7 is a detai horizontal section on line 77, Fig. 2. I Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes the base of .the machine provided with" two sets of standards- 13, 14 and 15. Journaled .'in

Y one set of said stanr ards 13, 14 and 15 is a driving shaft 16 prox'ded with a pull e 17 and with' a pinion 18, said pinion mes iing with a gear wheel 19 on'a shaft 20 carrying at its forward end a spur-wheel 21. The

gear wheel 19 -meshes with a similar gear wheel 22 fixed to a shaft 23 having atits forward end a spur-wheel 24 similar to the spur-wheel 21, said gear-wheel 22 meshing with a .pinion'25'on acountershaft 26 jour naled in the other set of said standards 1'3, 14 and 15.. The shafts 20 and 23, carrying the Spur-'whccls 21 and 24, are preferably journaled in hearing boxes 27 pivoted at their Speciheationof Letters Patent. Application filed April 15. 1907: Serial No- 368,405-

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

' rear ends to the standards 13 by the bolts 28.

The forward ends of said bearing boxes 27 extend through rectangular guides 29 formed on the standards 14, springs 30 being pro vided in said' guides to press downward against said bea boxes 1n sucha manner that the forward ends of the shafts 20 and 23,

carrying the spur-wheels 21 and 24, will be yi'eldingly mounted to permit said shafts to swing upward and. outward in diverging planes When'the material passing between 7 the said spur-wheels is of sufficient thickness to render said yielding swinging action de' sirable or necessary to permit said spur-wheels to be moved apart from each oth'er.- The stress of the said springs and the positions of the forward ends of the bearing boxes may be properl regulated by adjusting screws 31.

Located between the spur-wheels 21 and 24 is an upwardlyointinq s litting knife or pointed pin' 32 w ich, iri 't ie' construction shown, is formed by annpward continuation of curved uides 33 suitably supported from the base- 0% the machine, as. by standards 34, said guides curving downwardly and outwardly as shown, adjacent to the faces of the said spur-wheels, and preferably extending beyond theshafts 16 and 26. The spaces or distances between the faces of the spur-wheels and the saidcurved guides is preferably less thari the lengths of the spurs 4 7"s0 that said spurs will be bedded in the husks lying betwee1i said faces and said guides. The shafts 16 and 26, which are journaled at their forward ends to the. standards 15, are provided, rearward of said standards, with pinions 35 llloshirrg. with similar inions 36 on shafts 37 murying stri ping rol s 38 yieldingly held in (unlimiwit similar stripping rolls 39 which lullvl' are mounted on the shafts If; and 2b. Said properly lIl- I stripping rolls are preferably forum-d of some elastic material, such as rubber; or, instead of being formed throughout of such Inaterial, they may be faced with the same. Shafts 37 carrying the upper strippingrolls,

are journaled in bearing oXcs 40 preferably 'pivotally connected with the standards 15 pivot-bolts 41,110 hold the free inner ends 0 the said bearing-boxes.yieldingly'd9wnward and thus press the upper stripping rolls yieldingly; a ains t the-lower stripp ng rolls, this bei g ected, as herein shown, by hookbolts 42 J01 bearing boxes 40, said'bolts projecting downnted at their upper ends to said I on the lower end of said bolts are interposed ward throughrthe -base Between stir rups 43 at the bottom of said base and nuts 4-4 which the forwardend or apex of an ear of can be seized by the spur wheels 21 and-24- and carried downward against-the splitting corn to be husked willbe thrust by the attendant in such a manner that the said ear i knife or pin 32, and the split husks will then be carried further downward by the spurs on said wheels, and between the latter and the curved guides 22, in such a manner that the husks pass outward between the upper and lower stripping rolls 38 and 39,1

rolls will then quicklyand the said strippin tear the husks from t e ears and carry them outward to the outside of the machine, the

husked ear then falling downward. Thestop or gage 46 thus determines the lengthwise position of an ear of corn to be -pre away sented to the action of the spur-wheels and s litting knife or pin, as will be understood. he arms 58, supporting said stop or gage,

are adjustably secured to theguides 29 by set screws 59.

From the sizes of, the pinions 18' and 25 relative to the gear-wheels 19 and 22 it will be obvious that the stripping-rolls will be caused to rotate very much faster than the spur-Wheels 21 and 24, so that as soon as the husks are carried by the said spur-wheels,- in contact with the guides 33, to the said strippingrolls; such husks will be snatched from the spur-wheels and torn from the ears being husked, as above stated:

Each of'the s ur-wheels 2] and 24 is prefer ably provide with two separated circles of spurs 47 between which is arranged ,a sta tio'narv scraper or doctor-48, the free ends ofsai scrapers or doctors being contiguous or closely adjacent to'the peripheries of the said spur wheels, so that the. said scrapers or doctors will serve to remove from said spurwheels any ie'ces of husks or other material which may ecome impaled upon said spurs and drawn away from the husks carried to the stripping rolls. The said scrapers ordoctors 48 are, as herein SllO\V{1,llflOll11t0tl on guard plates 49 which, in turn, are. attached to the guides29 on the standards14.

Attached to the base 12 are guard plates l or scrapers 50 the upper edges of which extend closely adjacent to the lower stripping rolls 39, as also closely adjacent to the por'-" tions of the shafts 16 and 26 extending between-said rollsand the standards 14k, so as ."to serve to remove fragments of husks or other 'materialfrom the said rollsand the said portions of said shafts, as the latter-r0 tate.

Attached to thebearingboxes are guards orscrapers 53 the lower edges of which are closely adjacent to the upper stripping rolls 38, so as 'to serve .to remove from said rolls any fragments, of husks or. other material which may cling thereto.

The guards or scrapers and 53 thus serve to keep the stripping rolls clean and prevent fragments of husks or other material from being carried inwardto the ears being hushed. .Attachedto the base '12 is a support or rest.

51 for the butts .of the ears of corn, saidsupport or rest inclinin'gdownward toward the said stripping rolls, as shown, so as to tend to direct the ears ofoorfn' downward through the opening 52 in the base of the machine.

' In the'operation of the machine the attendant feeds 'theears of corn one by one to the spurwheels.2l.and'24', the points of-said ears beingabutted 'against the stop 01' gage 46,

,and the spurs. on said spur wheels will imu inediately seize an ear of corn resented thereto and carry the same ownward against the'splitting knife or pin 32 by which the husks at the point of the car are split apart, and are carried downward by the spur -wheels.and in Contact with the curved guides 33 in such a manner that the split husks are separated ap 'apex or small endof the ear andtowards the butt of thelatter, so as to be immediately seized by the stripping rollers and torn from the ear, and the denuded ear then downward through an opening 52 in the base of the machine into a suitable receptacle or to aconveyer byw hich it may be carried awiay. I I I i The improyed. machine is more particularly intended for h'uski'ng greencor-n, and is well adapted forhusking the'ears wl green sweeter sugar corn, thev husks- -oi'1Whi0h areusually very thick and Somewhat hard to remove. As the corn-itself will not or need not coins in contact with any I rough or abradmg surfaces at will be obvious that the kernels of thecorn on the ear will notflbe injured .or broken by the bushing operation.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a corn husking machine, the combination with a painof spur-wheels and means for driving the same; of a splitting knife or cooperating with the latter to split the husks oi an ear of corn, two pairs of stripping rolls,

and means for rotating said stripping rolls art from each other from the passes pin arranged between said spur-wheels and pairs of stripping rolls, and means for rotating said stripping rolls at a higher speed than that at which said spur wheels are rotated.

3:. In a corn husking machine, the con1bi-' nation with a pair of spur-wheels and means for driving the same, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between said spur-wheels and cooperating with the latter to split the husks of an earofcorn, andcurved guides extending downward and outward from said splitting knife or pin adjacent to the faces of said spur-wheels:

4. In a corn husking machine, the combination :with a pair of yieldingly mounted' spur-wheels and means for driving the same,

of a splitting knife or pin arranged between said spur-wheels and cooperating with the latter to split the husks of an ear of corn, and curved guides extending'downward and outward from said splitting knife or pin adjacent -to the faces of said spur-wheels.

5. In a corn husking machine, the combination with a pair of spur-wheels and means for driving the same, of an interposed splittin knife or pin, two pairs of stripping-rolls, and means, cooperating with said spurwheels, for carrying the split husksof an ear ,of corn from the said splitting ,knife or pin to the said stripping-rolls. V v

6. In a corn husking machine, the combination with a pair of yieldingly-inounted spur-wheels and means for driving the same, 0

an interposed splitting knife or pin, two 7 pairs of strlpping-rolls and means, cooperat in with said spur-wheels, for carrying the sp 1t husks of an ear of corn from' the said splllitting knife or pin to the said strippingre s.

7. In a corn-husking machine, the combination with a pair of spur-wheels and means for-driving the same, of an interposed. splitting knife or pin, two pairs of stripping-rolls, means, cooperating with said spur-wheels,

for carrying the split husks of an 'ear of corn from the said splitting knife or pin to the said,

stripping-rolls, and means whereby said stri ping-rolls are held in wit each other.

8. In a husking machine, the combie nation Witli a pair of spur-wheels and means for rotating the'same, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between the said spur-wheels, two pairs of stripping-rolls, means for rotating said rollsat a higher speed than that at which said spur-wheels are rotated, and

means, cooperatin with said spur-wheels, for carri'ing the sp 1t husks to the said stripping rol s. Y 1

9'. In a corn husking machine, the combi nation with a pair of yieldin'gly-mounted spur-wheels and means for rotating the same, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between the yielding contact said spur wheels, two

'knife or pin arranged between sai pairs of stripping-rolls, means for rotating saic rolls at a higher speed thanth'at at which said spurwheels are rotated, and lneans, cooperating with said spurwheels, for carrying the split husks to the said stripping rol-ls.

-10 In a corn husking machine, the combination with a pair of spur-wheels and means for rotating the same, of a-splitting knife or pin arranged between the said spnrWheels-, two pairs of stripping-rolls, means for rotating said rolls at a higher-speed than that at whichsaid-.spur-wheels are rotated, means, cooperating with said spur-wheels, for carrving the split husks to the said ,strippin rolls, and means wherebysaid .strippingd'o ls are held in yielding contact with each other. V l 1. In a corn husking machine, the combination with a pair of'spur-wheels and means for driving the same, of a splittin knife or pin arranged between said spur-wheels and cooperating with the latter to split the husks of an ear of corn, and a stop or gage, adjacent to said spur-wheels, for determining the lengthwise position of an ear of corn to be presented tothe latter. r

i j 12. In a corn husking'machine, the combination with a pair of spur-wheels and means for driving the same, of a splitting s urwheels and cooperating with the lattei -to split the husks of an ear of corn, a stop or gage, adjacent to said spur-wheels, for deter: mining the lengthwise position of an ear of cornto be presented to the latter, and means cooperating with said spur-wheels and splitting knife or pin for removing the split husks from ansear of corn.

'13. In a corn-husking machine, the combination with a pair of spur wheels and means for driving same, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between said .spnr-wheels, a stop or gage for determining the lengthwise position of an 'ear of corn relative to said spurwheels, means, cooperating with said spurwheels and splitting knife or pin, for removing' the split husks from an ear of corn, and an in lined support orrest for the butts of the ears. f

14. In a corn? huskin machine, the com-' bination with a pair of yieldingly-mounted spur-wheels and means for driving same, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between said spur-wheels, astop or gage for determining the lengthwise position of an ear of corn relative to sa'id-spur-wheels, means, cooperating with said spur-wheels and splitting knife or, pin, for removing the split husks from an ear 'of corn, and an inclined support or rest for the butts of the ears. 4

15. In a corn husking machine, the combination with a pair of rotating spur-wheels, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between the same, curved guards extending from said splitting knife or pin downward and outward adjacent the faces of said spur-wheels, the same, curved guards extending from said two pairs of stripping rolls, means for rosplitting knife or pin downward and outward v tating said rolls at a higher speed than adjacent the face of said spur-wheels, two 25 that at which the said spur-wheels are .ropairs of elastic stripping rolls, means for re: 5 tated, and guards or scrapers adjacent to said tat ing said rolls at ah' her speed than that at stripping rolls and serving to keep the latter which the said spur-w eels are rotated, and clean; v guards or scrapers adjacent to said stripping '16. In a corn-husking machine, the corn- ,rollsand serving to keep the latterclean. 0

bination'with a pair of yieldingly-mounted 18. In a corn husking machine, thecom- 10 rotating spur-wheels, of a splitting knife or bination with a stationary pointed device for 7 pin arranged between the same, curved splitting the husks at the ends of ears of guards extending from said s litting knife or corn, of rotating means forcausin such ears pin, downward and outwar adjacent the to be engaged with the splitting evice, staace of said spur-wheels, two pairs of st-r'rptionary' means for separatin the split husks 15 ing rolls, means for rotating said rolls at a apart, and rotating means .or subsequently .Iiigher speed than that at which the said stripping the husks from'the ears.

spur wheelsl are rotated, and guards or In testimony whereof lafiix my signature, scrapers adj acent to said stripping rolls and in presence of two witnesses. servm to keep the latter clean. 1 CHARLES GORMLEY.

20 17. n accorn husking machine, the com- Witnesses:

binationwith apair of rotating spur-wheels, E. WV. CREVELING, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between JOHN C. DIOKEY.

AI; I: 122113;); Zigtified thatthe name of the second-mentioned assigne e in Letters I i I ,granted 1* ebruary 18, 1908, upon the application of Charles Gormley of Mount Morris, New York, for an improvement in Gorn-Husking Machines" was erroneously written andlprinted John W. Prophet, whereas said name should have 11:2: wrtilttesland printed John ill. Prophet; and that the said Letters Patent should be in thZVLItZhLSJZiIZZCUOQ there n that the same may conform to the record of the case ISi gnedand sealed this 10th day of March, A. 1)., 1908.

SEAL. E J O. (l BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

ward adjacent the faces of said spur-wheels, the same, curved guards extending from said two pairs of stripping rolls, means for rosplitting knife or pin downward and outward v tating said rolls at a higher speed than adjacent the face of said spur-wheels, two 25 that at which the said spur-wheels are .ropairs of elastic stripping rolls, means for re: 5 tated, and guards or scrapers adjacent to said tat ing said rolls at ah' her speed than that at stripping rolls and serving to keep the latter which the said spur-w eels are rotated, and clean; v guards or scrapers adjacent to said stripping '16. In a corn-husking machine, the corn- ,rollsand serving to keep the latterclean. 0

bination'with a pair of yieldingly-mounted 18. In a corn husking machine, thecom- 10 rotating spur-wheels, of a splitting knife or bination with a stationary pointed device for 7 pin arranged between the same, curved splitting the husks at the ends of ears of guards extending from said s litting knife or corn, of rotating means forcausin such ears pin, downward and outwar adjacent the to be engaged with the splitting evice, staace of said spur-wheels, two pairs of st-r'rptionary' means for separatin the split husks 15 ing rolls, means for rotating said rolls at a apart, and rotating means .or subsequently .Iiigher speed than that at which the said stripping the husks from'the ears.

spur wheelsl are rotated, and guards or In testimony whereof lafiix my signature, scrapers adj acent to said stripping rolls and in presence of two witnesses. servm to keep the latter clean. 1 CHARLES GORMLEY.

20 17. n accorn husking machine, the com- Witnesses:

binationwith apair of rotating spur-wheels, E. WV. CREVELING, of a splitting knife or pin arranged between JOHN C. DIOKEY.

AI; I: 122113;); Zigtified thatthe name of the second-mentioned assigne e in Letters I i I ,granted 1* ebruary 18, 1908, upon the application of Charles Gormley of Mount Morris, New York, for an improvement in Gorn-Husking Machines" was erroneously written andlprinted John W. Prophet, whereas said name should have 11:2: wrtilttesland printed John ill. Prophet; and that the said Letters Patent should be in thZVLItZhLSJZiIZZCUOQ there n that the same may conform to the record of the case ISi gnedand sealed this 10th day of March, A. 1)., 1908.

SEAL. E J O. (l BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

It is hereby certified that. the name of the second-mentioned ussignee in Letters P tent No. 879,538, granted February 18, 1908, upon the application ofCharles Gormley, of Mount Morris, New York, for an improvement in Corn-Husking Machines, was erroneously written and printed John W. Prophet, whereas said name should have been written and printed John M. Prophet; and thatthe said Lem-rs Patent should he read with this oorretion therein that the same may conform to Llm record of the cane in the Pzibent ()fiice.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of March, A. D., 1908.

' o. o. BILLINGS,

Actiny Commissioner of Patents.

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